MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
MINIMISING HAZARDS P.A. WELLINGTON, June 5. “I suggest that before people venture into mountain regions they should seek the advice and utilise the services of the expert guides attached to the Hermitage at Mount Cook,” said the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, commenting on the remarks of the coroner in his finding on the recent Copland Pass tragedy. So much depended on the fitness or otherwise of those who went in for mountain climbing that it was extremely difficult to provide against all hazards in mountain regions, said Mr Parry. Two years ago a school had been established for training mountain guides, who received expert advice and instruction from two of New Zealand’s foremost alpinists. With the recruitment of more people to this school, the terrible tragedies that had occurred to mountaineering parties would be minimised. There was considerable difficulty in deciding on a universal standard qualification of guiding, but the Minister said his departments were fully aware of the need for assisting mountaineers and, would ensure that the maximum assistance possible was given.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26791, 7 June 1948, Page 7
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